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Martin Krause

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Senior Vice President Strategic Sourcing, Director Supply Management (interim manager), Principal/Founder

Company: MK International Aerospace Advisors
Graduation: not provided
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Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Limited professional) | French (Limited professional) | Italian (Limited professional) | Portuguese (Limited professional) | Spanish (Limited professional)

Skills

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Project history

07/2017 - 05/2020
Independent Contractor
MK International Aviation Advisors

MK International Aviation Advisors

Part-time Consulting in Supply Management and Aviation MRO (entirely due to family
circumstances, active decision to take temporary leave from career development)

For various MRO organizations, providing background support on sourcing strategies and larg
tenders
Continued consulting to Airinmar Inc., supporting the sourcing team built in previous years
continue to shine

06/2012 - 06/2017
Senior Vice President Strategic Sourcing
Airinmar Inc.

As Senior Vice President, started a third division of Airinmar Inc., offering Strategic Sourcing and
Supply Management Services

Created new sourcing team "from scratch" that sourced, within months, about $130M of aircr
component repair spend for a variety of airline customers, realizing more than 25% in savings
Thereafter, managed and placed about $300M annually (internal spend $200M, avg. $100M
project spend) for major airline customers incl. Southwest Airlines, Delta, Cathay Pacific,
Lufthansa Technik, CHC Helicopters
Lead team to create proprietary software being able to handle the enourmous complexities o
sourcing in the MRO market (1000s of parts and up to ~1000 suppliers in each tender).
Sold and executed on 3-5 tenders ($50M-$150M) to external consulting customers
annually, realizing savings of 20%+ on every single project, leading to extraordinary customer
satisfaction
Direct P&L responsibility and budget for division, highly profitable since start, consulting
usually about 4 times division cost (!)
Developed best-practise contract for the industry, negotatiated about 40 supplier contracts
annually, created automatic contract generator and managed about 100 supplier frame
agreements on an ongoing basis
For several aviation customers, developed procurement strategies for entire spend portfolio
including multi-year strategic roadmaps and execution
Developed team size from 4 to 20+ FTEs
Developed training and formation routine and material for the division
Established continous improvement culture
Balancing requirements of major customers and suppliers in North America and Asia, corpor
office in London and owner in Chicago

05/2011 - 05/2012
Director Supply Management (interim manager)
AAR Corporation

For AAR Corp.'s helicoptre division, sourced engine repairs for heavy helicopters ($50M annu
spend)
Strategic analysis and spend diagnostic of AAR Corp.'s supply management function
Creation of planning for restructuring the supply management function including reorg of
program offices
As a result of that plan, acquisition of Airinmar Inc. in order to acquire lacking skills and functi
quickly

12/2008 - 04/2012
Principal/Founder
MK International Aviation Advisors

Created boutique consulting firm specializing in Supply Management with particular focus
on Aviation MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul)

For a major North American Airline, sourced, contracted and managed implementation of a n
inventory optimization software
For a major North American Airline, established $100M worth of vendor owned inventory
For various suppliers, developed and implemented performance metrics

09/2005 - 11/2008
Strategy Consultant
Oliver Wyman

Project Excerpt

Feasibility study for conversion of former military airport into VIP airport. Now realized:
http://www.albateenairport.ae/english/
Adaptation of airport business models to the needs of quickly growing low cost carriers for
AENA Group's 48 airports
Strategic planning for the creation of a new aviation MRO industry sector for a large state-ow
investor in the Middle East, including R&D facilities and programs
Specification/sourcing of a new train system for a European rail company ($1.5B)
Specification and Strategic sourcing of airplane maintenance services for a major European
airline including supplier selection process, negotiations, contracting, implementation and
enforcement
Route strategy and selection of a new operational base for a major European Low Cost Carrie
Redesign to cost optimization for a global Tier 1 in the automotive industry
Various sourcing projects in direct and indirect spend, monopolistic markets, low cost countr
sourcing

10/2004 - 01/2005
Associate
Lufthansa Headquarters Corporate Finance


02/2001 - 11/2001
Project Manager
Hochtief International AG

International Controlling: Designed and established desired functionality for reporting system
for all of HOCHTIEF's international companies worldwide
Project Management: For Project Lead of Argentina's largest infrastruture project ever (60km
highway through river delta, of which 12km was built over bridges up to 4km length), worked
project planning, project controlling and project procurement

08/1997 - 06/1998
Certified Paramedic
Johanniter Unfall Hilfe e.V.


06/1997 - 07/1997
Assistant to Category Management Toys
Kaufhof Warenhaus AG


Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
Available worldwide depending on project requirements & setup
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